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Arugula (Eruca Sativa) seeds are easy to grow and make incredible salads with its unique peppery flavor. This annual grows quickly and yields plenty of dark green leaves.
Known for its sharp and spicy taste, arugula adds a distinct note to your meals. Add fresh arugula from your garden in salad, pesto, or as a garnish.
Plant arugula seeds early in spring and keep moist for tasty and tender leaves. Avoid hot weather as plants will bolt quickly. Ready for harvest in 6 to 8 weeks.
Plant as soon as the soil can be worked in spring or plant indoors.
Prefers moist, rich soil.
Arugula bolts quickly in hot weather, can be grown indoors in summer months.
Harvest outer leaves and leave inner buds for quick regrowth.
Arugula Seeds Growing Details | |
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Botanical Name | Eruca Sativa |
Plant Spacing | 6” |
Planting Depth | 1/8” |
Spread | 6-8” |
Height | 6-12” |
Germination Temp | 60 °F |
Light Required | Partial |
Life Cycle | Annual |
Days to Germination | 5-10 Days |
Days to Maturity | 50-60 |
Planting Zone | 2-11 |
Flower Form | Cross Shape |
Yield | High |
Growth Rate | Fast |
Growing Season | Spring - Fall |
Harvest Season | Spring - Fall |
Yes, after arugula bolts or flowers the plant is still edible, though the flavor becomes more bitter.
Bolting can happen for many reasons, but most commonly from too much heat or sun exposure. When this occurs, the plant focuses its energy towards flowering instead causing the change in the leaf flavor.
The leaves are still completely edible as well as the flowers the arugula produces.
Arugula can regrow leaves throughout the season.
When harvesting arugula, cut larger leaf stems about an inch from the base. Leave the inner buds to keep the plant healthy and producing delicious arugula for a continuous harvest.
Seeds from the arugula plant can be dried and saved to plant again next season.
Yes, the matured seeds and seed pods are edible.
After flowering, arugula will produce seed pods along the stem. These seeds can be eaten fresh, or dried and saved to plant again next season. The seeds have a strong peppery or radish flavor.
Arugula is considered an easy plant to grow and can be beginner friendly. It is sensitive to high temperatures, so a cool environment with consistent moisture and sufficient sunlight is crucial.
Following the growing instructions on our seed packet, arugula will grow quickly and be ready to harvest in 6 to 8 weeks.